Hybrid phone and method of acquiring channel in the hybrid phone

A hybrid phone having a first communication mode supporting voice and low-rate data communications and a second communication mode supporting high-rate data communication, the hybrid phone comprising:

• a key input unit;
• a display unit displaying menus and operation states;
• a wireless communication unit extracting voice and data signals from a wireless signal transmitted and received via an antenna;
• a voice processor inputting and outputting the voice signal from the wireless communication unit through a microphone and a speaker;
• a memory storing execution programs and related data;
• and
• a phone control unit having a communication processor which controls voice and data communications according to the execution program stored in the memory,
• wherein the communication processor further comprises a channel acquisition processor which attempts to acquire channels for the first and second communication modes, and
• wherein if the channel acquisition processor does not acquire a channel for the second communication mode within a predetermined time interval, the channel acquisition processor stops attempting to acquire a channel for the second communication mode and reattempts to acquire a channel for the first communication mode, and, if the channel acquisition processor acquires a channel for the first communication mode, the channel acquisition processor reattempts to acquire a channel for the second communication mode.